Foxconn Roundup: Indiana Layoffs & Automation Everywhere

A sensible person would never have listened to a Walker Administration operative in Whitewater tout Foxconn without laughing or looking about for a nearby tomato. No sensible person would have made that operative a guest speaker at an annual dinner or written about the event without criticism. (See, about that Greater Whitewater Committee dinner and that Daily Union story, A Sham News Story on Foxconn.)

I’m not a marketing man, but here’s an honest marketing slogan that Whitewater’s development gurus could apply to Foxconn (or any number of their local capital catalyst ideas):

Foxconn Technology Group aims to tap “local talent” in Wisconsin’s workforce but also intends to continue embracing automation, a U.S. executive for the company said Wednesday at a business event in Madison.